Banned by Bethesda!!!

[Icyseven]

So my account got banned yesterday and I’m getting no help from Bethesda. I have been playing video games since the original Nintendo and I have never been banned on a game by any company. But for some reason Bethesda has banned me for cheating. I have never cheated in my life but what I’m being told by other people it’s because I have been playing on a steam deck. Now how is this game showing up on steam as playable on steam deck but Bethesda can ban you when you use it??? Of course Bethesda is taking forever to help me while they have collected my 100.00 dollars for Fallout 1st for 12 months already since I paid ahead.

[Ryvucz]

Congratulations on your ban.

[waste lander147]

Originally posted by Icyseven:

So my account got banned yesterday and I’m getting no help from Bethesda. I have been playing video games since the original Nintendo and I have never been banned on a game by any company. But for some reason Bethesda has banned me for cheating. I have never cheated in my life but what I’m being told by other people it’s because I have been playing on a steam deck. Now how is this game showing up on steam as playable on steam deck but Bethesda can ban you when you use it??? Of course Bethesda is taking forever to help me while they have collected my 100.00 dollars for Fallout 1st for 12 months already since I paid ahead.

stop cheating kiddo lmao

[Adam]

OP is a cheater.

[RMPyro]

They most likely had a good reason to ban you. Its not like someone have to report you for cheating, they have an ingame system to detect if you cheat in the game, like values in game are changing unexpectly on their servers. Then your account get flagged, and get banned later together with other people. Im playing on steamdeck sometimes aswell.

This allways happens when a influx of new players join the game. Even some smaller youtubers cried about they never cheated when they got banned for duping weapons multiple times.

[Smurff-a-thon2k]

Playing on desktop linux (no different from steam deck) for the past 6 months no problems.

[peacetohippies]

They did you a favor. You spent $100 to fight queens for a year. You obviously have much bigger problems than Bethesda's response time.

[TheLoveMummy]

Bethesda hasnt banned me yet and Ive had multiple bans from 4chan. Dont know what you did but good work. Shadilay fren!

[Phantom]

Lots of reddit and discord complaints about bans and people are blaming steam deck

its possible, its also possible that you did stuff a while ago that was ban worthy

[Icyseven]

I just hit level 50 before I was banned I have no cheating programs I’m not that technically savvy. I was actually enjoying the game was looking forward to playing this weekend. Since I don’t have a lot of time to play between real life and work. All I can think of is I was playing on steam deck and most of the Reddit threads are about this happening to steam deck users.

[mr.tengu]

I was banned 3 days ago. Same allegations. Cheating or using 3 part tool. But 8 play F76 since release date on PS and Xbox and only after playing on Steam deck this happen. I’m not a cheater. I barely can speak English enough to use a hacking tool. And for god sake, I’m a 52y old gamer who enjoy the game. Why use tool to make the game less fun. I’m very mad with this situation.

[Sr Humungus]

If they are checking ppl pc's info, forgive it, you lost your account forever, if they will admit they are using a program to do it and an expert in security find it, the international laws can punish them very hard, we are talking of big numbers.

PS: Let me put in context, if they have a program to check our inventories IN game, then its legal, they are checking our info stored in their servers (thats why you'll never cheat in an online game, OUR data is stored in an external device), if we change any value in local and have a conflict with the external data, that means you cheated, so ban incoming.

But, if they are using an external program, to enter inside our hard disk's (hacking our antivirus-firewall) to check if we have anything malicious (or not) there, is illegal, and thats why my answer at the beginning refers.

[Icyseven]

Well I’m pretty much done this experience completely took all the fun out of playing the game Im hoping steam just gives me credit to use in the future if not I’m refusing payment at the bank and I’m done supporting Bethesda I’ll spend my money on other companies.

[Shacck]

Originally posted by Sr Humungus:

If they are checking ppl pc's info, forgive it, you lost your account forever, if they will admit they are using a program to do it and an expert in security find it, the international laws can punish them very hard, we are talking of big numbers.

PS: Let me put in context, if they have a program to check our inventories IN game, then its legal, they are checking our info stored in their servers (thats why you'll never cheat in an online game, OUR data is stored in an external device), if we change any value in local and have a conflict with the external data, that means you cheated, so ban incoming.

But, if they are using an external program, to enter inside our hard disk's (hacking our antivirus-firewall) to check if we have anything malicious (or not) there, is illegal, and thats why my answer at the beginning refers.

What is more likely? Bethesda breaking international law, risking a multi million dollar lawsuite by stupitity and ignorance on their part OR... Iceseven and Mr.'I don't speak english so I can't hack' Tengu, two randos in the steam forums, used some third party programs to cheat in a game that is super buggy and allowed players to cheat very easly up until recently when the background anti cheat went online? xD lol

[DtHouse]

Originally posted by <-._.-._BloodPie_.-._.->:

Originally posted by Sr Humungus:

If they are checking ppl pc's info, forgive it, you lost your account forever, if they will admit they are using a program to do it and an expert in security find it, the international laws can punish them very hard, we are talking of big numbers.

PS: Let me put in context, if they have a program to check our inventories IN game, then its legal, they are checking our info stored in their servers (thats why you'll never cheat in an online game, OUR data is stored in an external device), if we change any value in local and have a conflict with the external data, that means you cheated, so ban incoming.

But, if they are using an external program, to enter inside our hard disk's (hacking our antivirus-firewall) to check if we have anything malicious (or not) there, is illegal, and thats why my answer at the beginning refers.

It is legal as you did accept this TOS/TOU It is stated in there that they can at any point check you pc for third party programs that are used for cheating, hacking or modding. You accepted this by making an FO76 account and playing the game, so it is totally legal for them to do and only because you accepted thise terms.

No is not legal even if you accept the TOS, since your pc it's protected by privacy rule around the real world. They can only cheack if you run some malicious program that try to change some code in the game, but if you use for example a visual mod, they can't see it because you change only the texture by your side. Also even if in the TOS was write that they can come in to your house and start beat you, this is illegal. We aren't in the USA when they can simply ignore privacy like the CIA or FBI doing everyday, thx god i don't live there.

[DtHouse]

Also i don't thinks steamdeck it's see as a third party software, since it is a physical hardware o.0 It's like i change my GPU and the system don't see the old one, so they ban me because i'm cheating since i don't have my old GPU. No sense, like 95% of the things Bethesda doing on FO76 xD